Theos-Talk Archives (December 2004 Message tt00058)

Regina St Clare wrote:
> The only way we will have any communication of value is to seek to
> understand each other, not to attack every word, as though one is
> being attacked. 
You mean your statements about the Theosophical Society weren't 
attacks? They sure looked like attacks to me.

> If one talks from personal experience, then that
> experience is valid, regardless of another's view of it.
Personal experience, or one's interpretation of personal experience?

> If we are to experience any sense of oneness, we make the effort to
> understand, which requires basic respect, and more than just
> tolerance.
Does that include Christian Identity, for example? How about the Ku 
Klux Klan? I try to understand them, and I tolerate the beliefs as long 
as they do not translate into action. Are you asking me to respect them, 
as well?

> I am not a Christian cultist, as implied. 
But you DID imply. You asked, "Where does Love thy Enemy come in?" It 
is part of the theology of the Cult of the Failed Messiah. It is a 
religious statement, for a particular religion. And the fact that you 
stated it as if the belief was a given implies a confusion of religious 
belief and fact.

> Saved means to be redeemed
> of error, which is part of the practice of discernment, but this may
> be where some ts folks have no tolerance.
Do not confuse disagreement with intolerance. Also, do not confuse 
refusal to join a religion as intolerance.

Bart